Lake Charles Championship

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Lake Charles Championship
Tournament information
Location Lake Charles, Louisiana
Established2020
Course(s)The Country Club at the Golden Nugget
Par71
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$750,000
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Kim Seong-hyeon (2022)
266 Trevor Werbylo (2022)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Werbylo
Location Map
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The CC at the Golden Nugget
Location in the United States
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The CC at the Golden Nugget
Location in Louisiana

The Lake Charles Championship was a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in March 2022 at The Country Club at the Golden Nugget in Lake Charles, Louisiana; it had been scheduled to be played in 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Werbylo 266−18Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Seong-hyeon
2021: No tournament
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.

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References

  1. "Korn Ferry Tour announces Lake Charles Championship". PGA Tour. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. April 16, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2022.